Etymology

anthropophobia

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Today it means: A profound fear of human beings, or of human society. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄνθρωπος“man, human”
  2. English todayanthropophobia

From anthropo- + -phobia. Both elements are borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) respectively.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄνθρωπος all →

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